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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-11-03
KaDsas CroD ReDores.

TOPEKA, Nov. 2.-The Kansas Far
Iner has reports from sixty counties of
the state written by a special CORE
spoDdent in answer to the question con-
corning the weather during September
and October, and the condition of corn,
wheat, pastures and stock. Although
the letters are from only about two
thirds of the counties they fairly repre-
sent the entire state because they came
from every section. It appears that
rain fell in September in almost every
locality and in quantities sufficient to
start the fall pastures and put the
ground in good condition for all seed
ing. The insects and drought
had prevented many farmers from
sowing wheat, but the copious rains had
stopped the insect ravages and good
deal more wheat was Sown in Septem-
Der than was intended and the soil has
been in such good condition since the
autumn rains began that the young
wheat is reported growing vigorously
in all parts of the state. As to wheat,
the prospects are particularly encourag-
ing. Late corn has brought good deal
of "soft corn" which will serve good
purpose for the early feeding of ami
mails. A large quantity of fodder and
hay has been saved, so that every
county reports feed enough for the win
ter. Stock is in good plight and healthy,
with few cases of chOlery among
hogs. Stock in Kansas never was in
better condition on the first day of No
vember than it was on that day this
YEAR
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mac Court's OPINION.

Associated Press Reports.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE decision
of the United States Supreme Court
upon the hearing for a writ of error i'll
the case of the Chicago anarchists was
announced this afternoon by Chief JUS
tice Waite in Il long and carefully pre-
pared opinion which occupied thirty
five minutes in reading. The court
holds in brief:
First. That first the ten amendments
to the constitution are limitation
upon trial and not upon state action.
I'd. That the jury law of Illinois is.
upon its face, valid and constitutional,
and that it is similar in it's provisions
to the state of Utah, which was sus-
tanned in this court in the case Of Hopt
VS.. the Territory of Utah.
Sd. That it does not appear in the
record that upon the evidence of the
trial the court should have declared the
Juror Sanford incompetent.
4th That the objection to the adj
mission of johann Most's letter and
the cross examination of Spies, which
the counsel for the prisoners main
| tanned virtually compelled them to
| testify against themselves were not
objected to i'll the trial and that there
fore no foundation was laid for the
exercise of this courts jurisdiction and
5th That the questions raised by
General Butler in the case of Spies
and Fielder upon the basis of their
foreign nationality were neither raised
nor denied in the state courts and
therefore cannot be considered here.
The writ of error prayed for must
consequently be denied. There was
no dissenting opinion.
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GEN. ROBERT TOO1B4 the north, AZ Union
college, New York. In 1861 he was in the
United States senate from Georgia On the
9TH Of January he made his last speech in the
senate. It YVES % remarkable that old mau-
bers remember II and talk of II to this day.
He demanded the right 70 take slaves into all
the territories Of the Union and hold them as
property. He demanded, likewise, that slave
property should be protected In the free states.
SYou answer NoIs be shouted. 1T Is the
price OF my allegiance. would rather see
the population Of my own, my native land.
beneath the sod than that they should support
for one hour such government
Gen. Toombs died not long since in Georgia,
boasting to the last that he had never been
Greconstructeds
For six weeks after Antietam the Union
army remained inactive In Maryland Nov.
they crossed again into Virginia. McClel-
Ian was preparing for another campaign
against Lee, whose army had by this time
been increased by recruiting TO nearly 10000
men. Lee, when Mcclellan crossed the Poto-
mac, retreated southwark. He himself, with
half his army, marched up the Shenandoah
valley, thence to Culpepper, where he took
position jackson, with the cavalry, was laft
three days behind him, to watch Mcclellan,
and II possible Gttack him. This division Of
Lees force give the Federals favorable OPP
portunity for attack. AcC1elian was about
to take advantage OF it He massed his army
near Warrsutcn, six miles north of Lee. He
had resolved On a battle speedily. He was even
directing the disposition Of bis forces for tbs
attack when, all unexpected to him, an order
came Nov. 2, relieving him from command,
and appot1Hng Gen Burnside IN his place.
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Point for a time. During his brief career In
the civil war he came into honorable notice
whenever fighting was to be done. He
served with the army in the east
Before the battle of South Mountain Lees
army was widely scattered Mcclellan had
nearly 100000 men at his command, Lee less
than GO, 900 all told. Mcclellan recognized
the situation, and made known his intention
to "cut the enemy in two and beat him In de-
tall Gen. Longstreet was at Hagerstown
with his men, and between that and Harper's
Ferry, IN Virginia, Lees lines were stretched
out very thin.
If McClellan's army could pass through
Turner's Gap in Sonth Mountain, he would
have Lees army really cut in two, the forces
Of Longstreet and d. II. Hill being on his
right, the rest OF them, fully half, around
HArper's Ferry. Movement with all speed
was demanded
Sept. ID, Lee heard that the Union army
was approaching Turner's Gap. Hill was
faced about to meet them, and delay them
until Lees forces could put themselves to-
gether again Hill left Boonsboro with all
haste, and marched up South Mountain to
Turner's Gap He reached the top in the
early morning of the 18th
Another Sunday battle was that of South
Mountain Fox's Gap was pass through
which what was called the old Sharpsburg
road passed, and the next battle after South
Mountain was to be fought at Sharpsburg.
Gen Garland's Confederate brigade met
Cox's advance at Fox's Gap Garland him.
self was killed about 10 O'Clock, gaIlantly
fighting, and his brigade routed. He was vet
young man, and his death was greatly la
mented at the south.
In the fight at Fox's Gap the advance line
OF Cox's brigade was the Twenty-third Ohio
regiment, led by Lieut.. Col R. B. Hayes.
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Zen Davis Dying.

MACON, Ga, Nov. 2.-There is con-
siderable doubt as to whether Mr..
Jefferson Davis will return to his
isolated home at Beauvoir, Mississippi
alive. His condition to say the least is
extremely precarious. For several
years he has been troubled with a
serious affection of the heart and the
excitement of last week only served to
aggravate his ailment Since last Sat
urday he has been confined to his bed
and a physician has been in daily
attendance, His faithful wife has
been at his bedside continually and
every attention has been accorded the
sufferer. The wound which he receiY-
ed in the Mexican war is troubling him
considerably and he is scarcely able to
walk. He is in very enfeebled con-
ditiOn and his family are fearful that
he will not recover from exhaustion.
He has spoken but little since Satur-
day and has taken but little nouriSh-
ment. DR.. Mediation, the attending
physician, expresses great fears of his
inability to leave the city on Thursday
as was arranged before his visit. Mrs.
Davis watches him constantly and
deals out his medicine to him as
directed. 1t is understood that his
daughters who are guests of the city
of Macon, have been summoned tC
their fathers side. The end is expect
ed at any moment.
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while he attacked the Confederate left. the
Federal center and left were to be moved
against the enemy at the same moment. He
had driven back Lawtonis division. As far
a. was vifble Confederates were retreatine
As be was preparing his batteries to sweep
their turned ranks . shot struck him and
he was severely wounded. They carried him
on the field TO AcClellan's headquarters, and
Sumner took command. But the Confeder-
ates had not been defeated No general &C.
ton was being fought HE, Hood and Stu
art fastened to the relief Of jackson, and in
turn routed utterly Hooker's corps, now de-
priVed Of their commander. But Summers
corps took its place quickly, and the Federal
corps Of French and Richardson moved on
the Confederates Gen. Richardson met his
death here. Lee at once ordered up every
man that could be drawn from the Confeder-
ate right, leaving only 400 men there.
These were commanded by D. r. Jones. OPP
posed to them was the Federal left, compris-
ing 1900 men, under Burnside His conf-
mand had been divided for some unknown
reason, and he had BEEN exchanged from the
extreme right, where he belonged, to the
left His Ninth corps, under Cox, was the ex-
treme left; his First corps, under Hooker,
was the extreme right. BE himself remained
with the left.
Sedgwick's division of Summers corps re-
placed Hooker on the extreme Federal right
The fight went on hotiy. McLaws and
walker, recently from Harper's Ferry, went
into action on the Confederate left Sedg-
wick was wounded, but continued in com.
mand. Presently he was wounded again and
was forced to leave the field Gen. O. O.
Howard took command in his place. The
Confederate general, r. a Anderson, was
also wounded in that fierce fight, and his
place was taken by Gen. Roger A. Pryor.
At noon that September II Gen. Franklin
had come up from Champions Valley with
Il 600 men. They were thrown into action
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READY FOR A ROPE.
The Court Of Last Appeal Denies the
Writ of Error
In the Case Of Parsons. Spies & Go.
of Chicago.
The Execution Billed for the 18th Inst.
Sure to Take Place.
The Convicted Men Refuse to Talk on
the Subject.
,ecial to the ENpoR1A DAILY NEWS:

Special to the ENPoRIA DAILY NEWS:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The supreme
court at Washington has denied the
writ of error, and the last slim thread
of hope that the lives of the Chicago
anarchists would be saved is broken,
and it is now as sure as such things
ever are until the execution actually
takes place, that they must expiate
their crimes on the scaffold. No hope
has ever been entertained that Gov
ernor ''Dick" Oglesby would pardon
them under any circumstances. There
is little doubt, however, that an inn
mense pressure will be brought to bear
upon him to make him change his
mind. But the reputation of Oglesby
for firmness is such that it is not be-
heved that he can be either caioled or
bulldozed into any such weakness, and
these men who so carelessly talked and
acted rapine and murder viii soon
know just how it feels to have their
own acts revert upon themselves.
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GEN. ROGER 4. PRYOR. Not till 3 O'Clock
o. N. was the Ninth corps ready for action.
By that time the fighting On the Federal left
was over.
There was, however, more OF less fighting
till dark. The battle Of Antistam was fought
In woods and corn fields The bloodiest por-
ton was in the vicinity of peaceful small
white bunker church, a little north OF
Sharpsburg. Antietam, too, like Waterloo,
had its terrible sunl1en road. This was road
to the southeast of Bunker church and be-
tween that and Antietam creek. When the
fighting ceased that bloody day the Eunken
road was piled even full with the bodies of
Confederate dead.
AntietRm was q drawn battle. The Fed
eral forces were not pushed into action vigor-
ously.
Mcclellan had s7,164 men in the battle
Lee had about 10000. The Union loss was
L, 426, the Confederate loss 10000. In the
whole campaign in Maryland the Federal
army lost Il 300, the Confederates Il, 500.
There was fearful loss Of officers ON both
sides at Antietam. There was no fighting on
the 18th Of September. Mcclellan was pre-
pairing to renew it on the 10Th. But the night
of the 18th the worn and exhausted Confed-
crates folded their tents and stole away down
the Shepherdstown road and across the Poto-
mac, five miles into Virginia.
The invasion Of Maryland was ended.
Among officers killed at Antietam were
some OF the braveSt and best ON both sides.
Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson was one
whose death was greatly 1amented. He was
Vermonter by birth, strong, cool and cour-
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BARBARA FRIErCHIE. years old. Her
United States flag was displayed from one Of
the little windows In the roof when StonewaIl
jackson came to town, where
She leaned far out on the window Sill,
And shook II forth with right good will
Mcclellan had been puzzled to know what
Lee would do next after the battle of Chan
lilly. He knew by September that they
had crossed into Maryland. He followed,
but was uncertain which route Lee would
take from Frederick. He advanced on that
town, but slowly and cautiously, oVeresti-
mating, as he had done before at Rich
mond, the strength OF Lees army.
He reached Frederick Sept. IL and occu-
pied 1t after o skirmish with Lees rear
guard. The Confederates had evacuated the
place, but where had they gone now7 He
found out IN o singular way. A copy Of Gen.
Lees orders to his commanding generals had
been left In d. II. Hills headquarters at
Frederick, when the Confederate army quit
ted there September TO- The order was issued
September 9, and was three days old when it
was handed TO Mcclellan. 1t told him all he
wanted to know.
II Pope's dispatch book had been captured
by the Confederates q month before, and the
Federal plans laid bare, the Union army was
avenged now. The fatal special order No
1e1" revealed that Harper's Ferry, Va. was
the great objective point of Lee. This special
order became known through the south as the
Lost Dispatch" Gen. d. II. Hill, however,
declares that it misled Mcclellan, and that
IL did not amount to anything anyway.
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attached to McClellan's reorganized Army Of
the Potomac he commanded what was called
the Kanawha division in Reno's Ninth corps.
At South Mountain Reno was killed and
the full command OF the corps devolved on
Cox. Gen. Cox was mnde a major general
after the Atlanta campaign At the battle OF
Franklin, Tenn, he rode forward with
drawn sword in his hand and rallied his men.
He was governor of Ohio in 1866 and United
States secretary of the interior in 1860. he
is at present engaged in legal practice in Ohio
and Is president Of the board of managers Of
the Cincinnati university. he is man OF
commanding presence and distinguished legal
and literary ability. BE has written several
books and pamphlets on war history, one vol
ume being devoted to the Atlanta campaign.
Maj. Gen Reno, the Ninth corps COM
mander, came up to the scene OF the fighting
late in the afternoon, and had scarcely
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Meantime, where was Lees
The war had up to that time been chiefly
waged in what was regarded as Confederate
territory. Stonewall jackson had long been
eager to change this tactics and carry the
war into Union territory. Both he and Lee
had been casting an eye over Maryland.
Why not cross the Potomac into Maryland
by one of Jaclson's famo0s foot cavalry
marches, subsist on the country and threaten
Washington from the norths
There was a feeling in the south that Mary
land, geographically, politically and socially,
belonged to the Confederacy. The state con-
tanned many secession sympathizers. It was
believed that the sight Of Lee and jackson
and the stars and bars once within their bor-
ders would rouse all the Confederate enthu-
siasm that slumbered in the breasts OF the
Marylanders
Gems Lee and jackson resolved to invade
Maryland. Leo issued proclamation to the
people of that state, telling them that he was
coming among them TO aid them in throwing
Off that foreign yoke which had inflicted such
wrongs and outrages upon the citizens OF q
commonwealth allied to the states OF the
south by the strongest ties.
Col. Bradley johnson, a Confederate Mary
lander, was authorized to get recruits for the
southern army in his native state He invited
his fellow citizens to Join the Confederate
"Let each man provide himself with stout
pair of shoes, a good blanket and a tin cup.
Jackson's men have no baggage
Lee only waited for d. II. Hills brigades
from Richmond to join him, thus increasing
his battle worn and storm beaten army some
what; then, September 2, he pushed on to-
wards the Potomac and the north. jackson
went first, sweeping swiftly forward. He
a. Wl.s.. 81 .s,.NNr
miles below Harper's Ferry, and raised the
Confederate flag in Maryland.
When jackson reached midstTeam crossing
the Potomac, it reused all the suppressed en-
thusiasm of his nature lie paused a mo-
ment, gazed across TO the northern shore and
waved his hat His soldierscaught the move
ment; cheer on cheer rent the air, the bands
struck up Maryland, My Maryland and
ten thousand voices caught the refrain. 81
the Confederate army entered Maryland
Leo followed Immediately behind jackson.
The Confederate army amounted to about
10000 men in all. They advanced swiftly on
the town Of Frederick, Nd, reaching and
taking possession OF it September q
1.-THE Lord bless your ragged, dirty souls,
said a jealous southern woman to the ad
vance.
Tho march had been 80 rapid that thou
sands dropped by the way and only 5000
entered Frederick. II thore had been any
thing triumphant or spectacular In their ap
pearance, had they come with waving ban
ners and snow white plumes and shining new
uniforms, they would have obtained far NOR
recruits for the southern army. The instinc
for the dramatic, the poetic and the pictuE
esque, ever alive in the southern breast
would not have been appealed to In vain.
But Lees men, brave and tried soldier
though they were, were dirty and ragged an
hungry. Many Of thom had no shoes an
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Potomac.


It will be seen from the map that the An
tietam is creek which flows nearly due south
through Maryland to the westward OF and
nearly parallel with the South Mountain.
Across Antietam creek, and on its west side,
is the village of Sharpsburg. Along Antie-
tam creek and in and around Sharpsburg the
bloody battle of the 18th Of September was
fought between the forces Of Lee and Nc
Clellan.
The intervening days had given Lees army
time to collect itself. Harper's Ferry sur
rendered to jackson ON the 18th, and imme-
diately he and Gen. Walker, with all their
forces, set out by swift marches to Join Lee
and relieve him of his peril. They crossed
the Potomac to the Maryland side at tia
Shepherdstown ford, from which a road led
directly to Sharpsburg.
The Confederates name the battle OF the
18th for the town, Sharpsburg; the Federals
name it Antietan, after the creek. Less
fighting force at Sharpsburg was only 81 600.
He had entered Maryland Sept 4 with not
quite 81, 900 infantry troops. He had lost
nearly 90 600 men by exhaustion and strag-
Cling in those thirteen days. In the battle Of
Antietam Mcclellan had 81, 164 men, 10000
being engaged in the fight.
Concerning this fight Gen. LongstreeG
speaks his mind from the Confedersta
standpoint in his usual free manner.
Speaking of the night of the 18th, after Lee
heard of the fall Of Harper's Ferry, he says:
fright then we should have retired from
Sharpsburg and gone to the Virginia side ID
| the Potomac"
Mcclellan followed the retreat Of Hin and
Longstreet on the 18th. There was slight
slirmish on the borders Of the Antietam on ths
18th. During all the 18th both armies were
busy preparing for the Tremendous fight
which they knew was impending. By the
18th the Confederate Gen. McLaws, too, had
been able to Join Lee at Sharpsburg.
| The morning of September II found most
| Of McClellan's army across the Antistam, on
the same side with the Confederate Hooke1
| had crossed first, the afternoon Of the 10th
| There was on that day an indscisive brush
| between Gems. Hooker and Hood Gen
| Hooker's corps formed the extreme Fed
erai right at the battle Of Antietam
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no -
tered the Confederate service as colonel OF q
North Carolina regiment He was actively
engaged throughout the whole war, having
speedily become q major general and division
commander. He was a brother-in-law OF
Gen. "Stonewall" jackson.
He displayed good generalship Sept. IA,
1862, at South Mountain.
On the map Of Maryland will be seen three
short mountain ranges or spurs, running
slightly east Of north from the left bank Of
the Potomac river. The most southeFly Is the
Catoctin, the next is the ridge called South
mountains, while west OF that is the crooked,
short Elk mountain range. They belong to
the Blue Ridge system 1t was all about this
region, marching and counter marching,
lodging through the mountain gaps, that the
Federal and Confederate fought the Maryland
campaign quarter century ago. Pleasant
Valley, often mentioned, is between the Elk
mountain and South mountain range. Boons-
boro is a village near the foot Of South noun
tain on its west side. Boonsboro is thirteen
miles from Hagerstown, which is on the
northwest.
The battle of South Mountain, Sept. II,
was a series of short yet sufficiently bloody
fights around Turner's Gap, Fox's Gap and
Crampton's Gap. These were passes through
which the roads crossing South Mountain
led They were several miles apart, begin
ming with Turner's Gap on the north. Fox's
Gap was next, south OF that, and south of
Fox's Gap was Champions Gap, towards
Harpers Ferry.
The famous special order No. 191" told
Mcclellan Lee considered the possession Of
Harper's Ferry Of so much Importance that
he had divided his army to get it.
Stonewan JaclEson's command and Walk
er's division had crossed the Potomac, Jack
son above and Walker below Harper's Ferry.
Thence they were to come together and take
the Ferry At the same time Gen. Lafay-
cite McLaws was to approach the ferry from
the MARYLAND shore and take possession OF
Maryland Heights, opposite the ferry, and
thence aid in reducing the town. Lee him
| self, with Longstreet's division, d. H. Hill as
n rear guard, was to be at Boonsboro or
Hagerstown, waiting till Harper's Ferry was
reduced j. E. B. Stuart, the cavalryman,
was to send a detachment of his men with
Gems. Longstreet, jackson and McLaws,
each, and then with the main body of his
cavalry cover the route Of the army and
bring up all stragglers."
After capturing Harperb Ferry jackson,
McLaws and Walker were to join the main
body of the Confederate army at Boonsboro
| or Hagerstown- At the time Of the battle OF
| South Mountain Longstreet had already gone
on to Hagerstown with his division, leaving
| only D. Fl. Hills rear guard at Boonsboro.
| He marched back, however, in time to finish
the battle of Sept ii. The first attack was
made on Fox's Gap by Gen. j. D. Cox's divis-
ion at a. m.
Jacob D. Cox is a native of Montreal, Can
| ada, born in 1928 He is, however, of New
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Have Nothing to say.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-The first news of
the decision of the supreme court in the
case of the anarchists was taken to the
county jail by an Associated Press re-
porter few minutes after it had been
received r from Washington. There
were no visitors at the jail to-day and
all the prisoners were in their cells.
When the news arrived a note was sent
to Spies, stating that the writ had been
denied and asking if he had any state
ment to make in regard to the matter.
Spies was sitting in his cell, busily en-
gagged with some manuscript. He read
the note and returned it with a short,
Il have nothing to say" None of the
Everything Is perfectly quiet in and
around the jail and, in fact, all over
the whole city. The denial of the writ
was universally expected here.